diff --git a/shared/metrology-rdm/epm-questions.xml b/shared/metrology-rdm/epm-questions.xml
index 0312fd1d..0890179c 100644
--- a/shared/metrology-rdm/epm-questions.xml
+++ b/shared/metrology-rdm/epm-questions.xml
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ Bitte wählen Sie aus, mit welcher Methodik die Daten generiert werden.</help>
 		<is_optional>False</is_optional>
 		<order>5</order>
 		<help lang="en"/>
-		<text lang="en">Are already existing, similar research data available and why is their subsequent use not possible or useful here?</text>
+		<text lang="en">Are research data, similar to the outcome of the project, available, which are not reused? Why is their use not possible or useful here?</text>
 		<default_text lang="en">No existing data has been considered for re-use and then discarded</default_text>
 		<verbose_name lang="en"/>
 		<verbose_name_plural lang="en"/>
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ Begünstigte von Horizon Europe müssen einen offenen Zugang zu Forschungsdaten,
 		<value_type>integer</value_type>
 		<maximum>60.0</maximum>
 		<minimum>0.0</minimum>
-		<step>3.0</step>
+		<step>1.0</step>
 		<unit>months</unit>
 		<width/>
 		<optionsets/>